Programming Documents for Pre-K for SA - The City of San Antonio

Space and Adjacency Requirements
will be required for each classroom for children’s handwashing. One sink
will be located in the classroom while the second will be in the bathroom.
A Food Prep / Staging Area will be located in each classroom to provide
an area for catered meals, delivered from the Catered Meal Receiving and
Staging area at multiple times throughout the day, to be stored and snacks
prepared prior to distribution to the students.
In addition to the General Classrooms, two General Motor Skills
Classrooms will provide indoor play and physical assessment/training
area for the children.
Building Support Functions, such as the Catered Meal Receiving and
Staging , Laundry and Janitor should also be located near the Instructional
Areas and within the secure zone as these are the areas they will serve the
most and personnel operating these functions will have passed the background
and security checks required for center staff. Meals will be catered
and delivered to the Catered Meal Receiving and Staging Warming/Prep
Area where they will be assembled on carts and distributed to the classrooms
throughout the day. A Loading /Delivery Service Area should
be accessible from the Catered Meal Receiving and Staging to facilitate
deliveries.
Administrative Spaces
Overview and Organization
The Childcare Center Administration should each be configured in a suite
arrangement allowing for the Reception /Waiting Area to be accessed from
the general building Lobby/Reception Area. This suite will contain the
office of the Director and Assistant Directors, as well as space for outside
consultants who may come in and work with the students, such as Speech
Therapists or Counselors. An additional office has been provided, at each
location, to be utilized by Pre-K 4 SA administrative staff, housed at the
Southside Center, when visiting the centers. The Workroom / Staff Lounge
will provide a space for the faculty and staff to relax, take a break and prepare
materials for classroom instruction. Additional support functions will
include a Conference Room for internal meetings, outside vendors and
parent-teacher conferences, a secure Records Storage room, and General
Storage for office materials and supplies. A Car Seat Storage room should
be located in the office suite near the entry to allow for parents who share
responsibility in dropping off/picking up the children to store the car seat
for when the child is to be picked up. An alternate location would be to
provide access to this space from the Receptionist located in the main
building Lobby/Reception Area.
The Nurse’s Office should be located adjacent to the other administrative
offices but with closer proximity to the children’s Instructional/Activity
Space in order to limit the distance of travel from the classroom to the
nurse with an ill child. This office will be located outside the secure zone
so that parents may pick up their child. However, it should be located
in a manner which will provide it visibility from the adjacent Childcare
Center Administration suite.
Facility Programming and Consulting
An Architectural Space Program for the City of San Antonio
Final - May 2013
Pre-K 4 SA Early Childhood Centers - East and Westside Centers
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